The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-02-19
A WEIRD NORTH CARO-
LIMA STORY.
Henry Mortimer Said by His Nelghbors
to Have the Mark of Cain.

Henry Mortimer Said by His Nelghb0rs
to Have the Mark OF Cain.
In 1914 a man by the name of
Mortimer moved to this county
from Virginia. He was a wealthy
man owning quantity of slaves,
and said to be u good man. We
wish we could say as much for the
mother. When the war broke out
all of his property was swept away
every thing he possessed, and he
died Just before the surrender,
leaving his wife and two little
sons. The boys were about eight
and ten years of age when their
father died, and with proper train
ing they would have undoubtedly
made good and useful citizens; and
with such q mother we will ask
what better could have been eX-
pected of them? She taught them
to hate every body and that every
body was their enemy. She made
them go armed, and when one of
them was fined for carrying con-
cealed weapons, she paid the fine
imposed, bought him pair of
pistols and told him to wear them
buckled around his waist, and use
them when he thought proper.
Henry and Edward grew up to
be young men. Henry had loaned
his brother Edward $50 or more,
and often he had asked his brother
for it, but was always put off with
some trifling excuse. He went
over to see his brother about it
they were living on the same farm
but not in the same house-and
he was heard to remark before he
left the house "that he would have
his money or BLOOD" and he got
blood.
They met in front of their moth
er's house, and were standing
within ten feet of each other. Their
mother seeing them standing
there quarreling walked out of
the house and stood between them.
The conversation that took place
between them was never known.
Suddenly there rang out on the
cool, quiet air the report of pistol,
and Edward Mortimer fell dead at
his brothers. feet, the ball having
penetrated his forehead, killing
him instantly, and in his hand was
an open knife. The mother was
standing between them, and had
her right hand up to her head, put
ting under her cap stray lock of
hair. When the pistol was fired
the ball took off the fore finger of
her right hand, barely missing her
temple. Both were married men
and had families. Henry Mort
inner was arrested, tried and
acquitted, his mother being the
only witness in the case.
And now comes the strangest
part of this story-stranger than
fiction. Henry Mortimer is a
'veritable modern Cain. He has
not hair on him from the crown
of his head to the soles of his feet.
We have seen and talked with him
and know whereof we speak. He
is about six and a half feet high;
very stout; converses splendidly,
although somewhat reticent in his
manner at first appearance.
Shortly after he was acquitted, and
just after he retired, which was be-
tween nine and ten O'clock, he was
visited by his dead brother. He
could see and hear him, but he
himself could not move or speak.
He lay as if dead, in a passive state.
He had beautiful auburn hair and
beard, which was his pride. His
brother visited him the second
time, and reached out his skeleton
arm and bony fingers and COM
menced plucking his hair, one by
one from his head, then his eye
brows, eyelashes, beard, and so on
until he had plucked every hair off
his entire body. 1t was not done
in one night, but kept up from
night to night for about three
months.
He was a wanderer on the earth
and travels Mt night. He is the
greatest curiosity we have ever
seen. He has the supposed mark
of Cain.-Murphy Bulletin.
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